Defel Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Argentina

Defel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Defel (15) may also be a first name.

Defel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Defel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Defel is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Defel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Defel occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Defel are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 15 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Defel is most numerous in: Missouri, where 33 percent are found, New Mexico, where 33 percent are found and New York, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States Defel is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 14 percent are found and Italy, where 14 percent are found.

Defel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Defel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Defel last name fell 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deufel91967/
Deifel91674/
Deyfel91123/
Defiel9188/
Defeld9136/
Diefel9133/
Defell9128/
Deffel913/
Dehfel911/
Defoel910/
Defl891/
Deifeld83132/
Deifelt8329/
Deifell839/
Dechfel831/
Dejfeld831/
Detfeld831/
Deiffel830/
Dewfelt830/
Deffell830/
Dafel80571/
Difel80240/
Deufl8017/
Deifl8011/
Defil808/
Dofel807/
Djfel802/
Deflt801/
Dessfelt775/
Deuffell770/
Diffel7374/
Dopfel7359/
Dafiel7325/
Dayfel7313/
Daffel735/
Daifel734/
Dafell732/
Doffel731/
Defleh731/
Dyfeld731/
Döffel731/
Döpfel731/
Dofell730/
Dytfeld67122/
Dafl6780/
Diffell6749/
Ditfeld6726/
Dopffel6713/
Dydfeld676/
Doffoel675/
Diffiel672/
Disfeld671/
Daffell671/
Disfelt670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Defel
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